A 56-year-old chaplain with Lafayette’s Exempla Good Samaritan Medical Center was formally charged Tuesday with unlawful sexual contact with force against an at-risk adult after police say a Louisville woman accused the chaplain earlier this year.

Katsutoshi Karl Shimada, of Littleton, appeared in court at the Boulder County Jail on Tuesday afternoon for filing of charges in the illegal sexual contact case against him. He and his attorney declined to have the charges against him read publicly at the hearing and left the courthouse quickly after his the date of his next court appearance was set.

Shimada turned himself in to the Boulder County Jail on Friday after the Boulder County Sheriff’s Office issued an arrest warrant for him with a $10,000 bond, according to Louisville Police Department Cmdr. Bill Kingston.

The offense allegedly occurred on May 23 against a 56-year-old woman in her Louisville apartment after she met Shimada at the hospital when he was working, according to a police department press release.

Kingston declined to elaborate on the alleged incident.

Mary Jackson, a spokeswoman with Exempla, said Shimada is not currently scheduled for any future shifts.

“We are deeply concerned about the alleged case,” she said.

Shimada is currently free on bond and is scheduled for a preliminary hearing in the case on at 9 a.m. Sept. 20.

Unlawful sexual contact with force against an at-risk adult is a Class 3 felony that carries a presumptive sentencing range of 4 to 12 years in prison. The charge also is the subject of indiscriminate sentencing, through which a person convicted of the crime must enroll in a sex offender treatment program in prison and may not be released until the program is completed.

Louisville Police Department officials urge anyone who has been a victim of sexual abuse or assault can contact MESA (Moving to End Sexual Assault) at 303-443-7300.